Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision: 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017

This report presents information on people aged 10–17 who were in the child protection system and under youth justice supervision from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017. Young people under youth justice supervision were 9 times as likely as the general population to be in the child protection system. Indigenous Australians were 17 times as likely as their non-Indigenous counterpart to be both in the child protection system and under youth justice supervision.

ISSN: 2205-5045 (PDF) 1833-1238 (Print)

ISBN: 978-1-76054-425-6

Cat. no: CSI 26

Pages: 35

Findings from this report:

Those receiving child protection services were 9 times as likely as the general population to also be in youth justice

8% of those receiving child protection services were also under youth justice supervision during the 4-year period

Those under youth justice supervision were 9 times as likely as the general population to receive child protection

Between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2017, 48% of those under youth justice supervision had also been in child protection